Here are some sources I've found helpful, albeit for a very particular set of questions around automation.

Marxian Historians, Social Scientists:
Nobel - Forces of Production (a one-time SHOT member)

Braverman - Labor and Monopoly Capital

Pollock - Automation: A Study of Its Social and Economic Consequences

Influential Popular Writers:
Rifkin - The End of Work
Andre Gorz - Farewell to the Working Class

Economists:

Leontief, Autor, Brynjolfsson, McAfee
Levy - The New Division of Labor

Vivarelli - Innovation and Employment: A Survey

Management Theorists:
Herbert Simon - The Corporation: Will It be Managed by Machines? (published 1960)
Drucker - The Practice of Management

On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Daniel Ferrell <returnofjayhawk@hotmail.com> wrote:

SIGCIS members,
Concerning the subject of automation, and how it relates to modern society--particularly, the economic and psychological effects that ensue, seems to be a thought-provoking topic in our current milieu. Can anyone suggest any good publications on this topic?

-Daniel Ferrell

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